Well, I said that the more I learned about it, a breach affecting more than 250,000 Adams County residents sounded like a bad one. Its “badness” was just confirmed, it seems. WKOW reports: Adams County officials are trying to remove the county clerk from office, after she’s suspected of being connected with a data breach. According to our Madison…
Month: August 2018
6 million Georgia voters’ records exposed: ‘Could have easily been compromised’
Curt Devine and Drew Griffin report: Georgia’s shotgun-toting, Trump-style Republican candidate for governor Brian Kemp has sought to assure voters that his state’s election system is secure and that any allegations to the contrary are “fake news.” But Kemp, who is also the secretary of state in charge of Georgia’s elections, is now being accused…
Miami Springs Senior High student hacked into teachers’ computers and changed dozens of grades
WSVN reports: A cybersecurity breach at a South Florida school. A student hacked into teachers’ computers — but was never criminally charged. 7’s Brian Entin investigates. A new school year is about to start at Miami Springs Senior High — but a hacking incident last school year has the district tightening security. […] 7News has…
NSW Health privacy breach: ‘horrified’ families waiting for answers about patient files found in derelict building
Following up on their earlier reporting, Ange McCormack of Triple j Hack reports that documents left improperly at the Garrawarra center for the aged remain on the floor while “safety procedures around potential asbestos contamination of the site is underway.” Take a look at the scene there: And pictures from other rooms, shown in their…
Toronto man sues Facebook $500,000 for ‘anxiety’ related to Cambridge Analytica breach
Meagan Simpson reports that a Toronto man is suing Facebook Inc., Facebook Canada, and Cambridge Analytica. The basis for his suit is that he has experienced hundreds of unwarranted calls and emails since the breach, he claims, and those calls and emails are due to the breach of his information. The whole experience, he alleges,…
50,553,664 GOMO app users’ information exposed – researcher (UPDATED)
By Lee Johnstone and Dissent Doe Sungy Mobile Limited (“GOMO”) claims to be the world’s leading mobile application developer and mobile advertising platform, with more than 2 billion downloads. Their GO Series apps include GOMO Reading, GO Launcher, GO SMS, GO Keyboard Pro, Z Camera, S Photo Editor, GO Music, GO Speed, Brightest Flashlight, and Z…